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Deutz-Powered Cruise

Sailing Ship Launched

At SFCN Shipyard

The cruise sailing ship Le Ponant was recently launched at the Societe

Francaise de Construction Navales (SFCN) shipyard in Villeneuve-la-

Garenne. The ship will be operated by the Compagnie des Isles du Pon- ant and is destined for cruising in the Caribbean. A regular cruising program is scheduled to start in the spring of 1991.

The Le Ponant, which is approxi- mately 289 feet long, will be rigged as a three-master, with all three masts carrying triangular sails of nearly equal size and the fore and main masts additional head sails.

With a total sail spread of 1,300 square meters, she will reach 15 knots.

The Le Ponant has been powered with a 16-cylinder Deutz MWM main engine of the 604B series de- livering a power of 1,695 kw at a speed of 1,800 rpm. The onboard power supply will be covered by two generator sets with Deutz MWM engines of the 234 series (generator output 262 kw each). In addition, a harbor set has been installed which is driven by an air-cooled Deutz FL 913 engine (generator output 44 kw). The SFCN has become active in many fields during the past few years. It supplies ships both for mil- itary and civil applications, includ- ing patrol boats and light frigates, as well as fast catamaran ferries and expedition vessels, such as the UAP

Transantarctic, a sailing ship for a

South Pole expedition.

Vancouver Shipyards Wins $35-Million Contract

To Overhaul Ferry

Vancouver Shipyards of North

Vancouver, Canada, has been awarded a $35-million contract to install a new upper vehicle deck and re-engine the 4,903-gross-ton Queen of New Westminster, a ferry be- longing to British Columbia Ferry

Corporation.

The ferry will go into Vancouver

Shipyards in the spring to have her two existing engines removed and replaced by four units to increase speed to 21 knots. New gearing and controllable pitch propellers will also be supplied. The hull will be fitted with sponsons, a modified stern, bulbous bow and a second bow thruster. This work is expected to be completed by June.

The vessel will return to the yard in November for the second phase which is expected to take three months to complete.

Vancouver Shipyards, which is equipped with a Syncrolift for ves- sels up to 90 meters (about 295 feet), repairs many of the tugs and barges employed in the forest products in- dustry.

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Kone Corp. Transfers

Marketing/Servicing Work

To MacGregor-Navire

The marketing and servicing of shipboard cranes and elevators was recently transferred by Kone Corp. to its MacGregor-Navire Group subsidiary, MacGregor-Navire re- ported.

A Finnish company, Kone is a leading manufacturer of cranes and related lifting equipment for both ports and vessels.

MacGregor-Navire Group, based in London, formed a new marine cranes and elevators division to han- dle the added product lines.

The cruise sailing ship Le Ponant, recently launched in Villeneuve-la-Garenne, is des- tined for operation in the Caribbean.

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